Rebecca Zola is a doctoral student of ethnomusicology at Columbia University. Her research interests lie in how contemporary jazz and other niche music scenes operate under neoliberalism, and particularly how identity markers such as gender, race, sexuality and national identity become inseparable from music branding. Rebecca graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a M.A. in musicology. Her Master’s thesis, “Women in Jazz: A Failed Brand” was published as a book chapter in the book, The Routledge Companion to Jazz and Gender. Rebecca holds a B.A. in Writing, and a B.F.A. in jazz performance from The New School in New York City. Originally from Lexington, Massachusetts, she has spent her adult life working as a jazz musician and music researcher, presenting and performing at venues and conferences around the United States, in Europe, and in Israel.
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